Improved clothes-wringing machine



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spring rests against the under side of the UNrrnn t STATES e PATENT Orricn i 4HENRY W. PUTNAM, on oLnvnLANn, enrol?` iMPRovED o LoTHEs-wRlNeiNe MACFHNE.;

Specification forming pal-tol" Letters Patent No.\36.728v, dnted October 21, 1862-.

To all whom, it may concem Beit known that l, HENRY W. PUTNAM, of llevelanih in thecounty of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in lVringingMachlines, the

saxnebeing an improvement. upon Va patent granted to me under date of December 17,

1861; and I do hereby declare that the l`ollewing is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference beinghad to. the accompanying drawings, makingipart ol' this specicatioin in which- L Figurcl is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one of the side` pieces and rollers. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the side-pieces, and Fig. 4 is a crosssection of the saine in the direction Like letters refer to like parts.

`My improvement relates tothe general form and structure of the side pieces, and to the manner of securing the same to the tub.

The side pieces, A B G, as a whole, are duplicatesof each other, only in their construction4 they are reversed, being formed in pairs, i Both are provided with a segmental ratchet, l), pawl E; and cainF, by means of Vwhich the machine is secured to the tub.

The side pieces `arernade of cast-iron, andy galvanized or coated with zinc or other metal that will preserve the iron from corroding; l

'Ihe upper section, A, consists of a barrel, in which is placed a-coiled spring for pressing Thel upper end of this vcross-bar Cr, which is secured to the' upper end of the barrel A by means cfa slot and mortise,f(secn at H, Figs. 2 and '3.) At the lower, end of the barrel Ais another slot, upon the inside, as seen at H', to allow an upward l 'movementof the upper roller in the working of the machine.` l

I l represent flanges vo'r lips, which cover the ends ofthe rollersboth in front and rear, for about half an`ineh, to prevent the clothes from getting foul around the ends thereof.`

By this means the clothes can be run through from eithenljdirection without working out from beweeg" the rollers. In thisway, by, e placing anether tub close by the sidejof the!t of the line one to whichthe`` machine is faslrsenedpit can and forth between the rollers.

inches. pieceC projects outward anddownward, leavf.

the tub. The parts B and (lk thus bifurcate, one amr-being inside and the of the'tub. the segmental ratchet D. It may he riveted .on or cast with it. I prefer thel latter. The pawl It and cam F (constituting one piece) is attached. by` nicans of the ,rod G", or other@ the most economical and substantial lower one is turnedby a crank, L.

'with the pawl E up, the canje-will rest lightly against the outside of thetub. Now', ing the pawl downward, the cam'presses with ing the machine iirrnly thereto. The tooth upon the pawllhandle iitsfiuto one or another may be used for thesame purpose, with notches upon its upper surface, into which the pawl 'the method I have herein described.

one end of a lever, the opposite end being, pivoted to the side piece, so that the lever will-be pressed down upon the bearings of the be made to perform the office of a washing-ma# chine, by passingl the' clothes frequently back A The piece B projects forward and down ward, as seen in the ligure, fitting vthe inside .l of the tub, extending down some ,five or-siztVv From the top of' the piece Bthe` ing'a space between B and .G of sufilOieht width toadinit the thickness of thestavesToi-'fV I other outside, To the outside arm -is Vsecured Wise Thelmethcd-shownin the-'drawings i The rollers Klare madaas usual, of vulcanized indla-rubbh, upon iron shafts, and the When the machine is placed upon the tub,

by pressv t an increasing pressure against the'tub, secur- Y of the ratchet-teeth and holds itiast. v A lever 4may fit; but this I consider an equivalent to In the construction of the ilang'es or lips I in such-a manner that Thesection A or barrel of the side piecesf A 4 tions BU, and attached by Vsuitable means to rollers, the bearings forming `fulerums for the E, and pim-1 F, in combination with the 111m ges levers; but 'I prefer the manuel herenbefere er lips 'l' l, :ummgm as und im' hepurpose described. Y ISpeem'i.

Vhat 'l claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters lutent, is-n The side pieces constructed 'in pairs, :rnd consisting of the parts A 'l C, ratchet il), mm 

